<p>My son was recruited to wrestle at KP. </p>
<p>Like you he had always dreamed of going to USNA. He attended camps there, did his science fair projects there and attened Summer Seminar. But a trip to KP and the comfort level he felt there, changed his mind and USMMA became his first choice. </p>
<p>The with the expanded options to serve his country and the athletic choice was really quite simple. The coach made it very clear he could be a good D-III wrestler and have an impact on the varsity as a freshman (He has gotten a number of varsity matches in already) or compete with two or three state champions at every weight class and quite possibly never see a varsity match while at the naval academy. Additonally, the Navy coaches were not tremdously encouraging.</p>
<p>He has never looked back and is very happy there.</p>
<p>Also, wrestlers compete in an All Academy Tournament each year so, he’ll have a chance to compete with those guys.</p>
<p>My best friend played D-I football at Michigan and was a third team linebacker. We are athletes of about the same ability, I played D-II ball and started for three years. He lettered his senior year, but tells me I played more plays in a quarter of one game than he did in four years at Michigan. But I tell him he played in front of more people in one play than I did my entire career.</p>
<p>If you haven’t been up there, do an overnight. that should help.</p>
<p>Just some thoughts.</p>